NEHA GOELSUN CA OF AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDAhttps://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/feed/entries/atom2012-10-10T11:00:44+00:00Apache Rollerhttps://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/software_freedom_week_amity_universitySoftware Freedom Week'08@Amity University(23rd-25th Sep)Neha Goel 2008-10-02T10:31:35+00:002008-10-05T17:33:26+00:00
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Software Freedom Week</b> - A world wide<br/>
celebration of free software with a aim to educate the people about the<br/>
benefits of high quality FOSS in every field was the most important event<br/>
celebrated by all of us to make people realize the value and power of open<br/>
source, to make them aware of the existence of free softwares and their<br/>
wonderful usage. At <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Amity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Noida we<br/>
celebrated this event at a very big scale targeting all the students of our<br/>
college.&nbsp;</span> <br/>
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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">After the induction program when we all<br/>
sat down and started preparing for Software Freedom Week in our college it<br/>
seems to be a quite impossible task to do it on a good level with only 10 days<br/>
of preparation. I was'nt really sure and was very nervous to how to do this in<br/>
10 days, how to involve more and more people in this event. Then suddenly i<br/>
look back and&nbsp; it comes like a real pleasure to me when i saw my one and a<br/>
half year hardwork of building a community in my college sets all the pathway<br/>
for me to go for this event in a big way. My team agreed to put their whole<br/>
efforts into this and was really very happy and exiciting.&nbsp;<o:p /></span></p> <br/>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The event, revised in name and called as<br/>
software freedom week, was organized by the team of Amisun Club in the campus<br/>
for three days viz. 23rd , 24th , 25th of September 2008. This event featured<br/>
events of notable caliber and technical spirit. Sparked by the storming minds<br/>
of Amisun committee and fueled by Dr. Ajay Rana the event picked up fire which<br/>
spread across amity universe very fast. <o:p /></span></p> <br/>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We did everything from planning to designing<br/>
and implementing only in 10days to make this event successful. Our tag line was<br/>
<b>THINK FREE…</b> which made every thing clear about our clean intentions of not<br/>
involving any monetary funds at the time of registrations or otherwise from<br/>
sponsors as well. Every sponsor had sponsored a part of event or prizes of the<br/>
events. <o:p /></span></p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Registrations were opened<br/>
a week before the event started. The link was uploaded on the official amity<br/>
technical placement site and amizone main web page for the on line<br/>
registrations. In total 1380 registrations were taken on line. A unique way of<br/>
publicizing our events was suggested by our team members and was initiated by<br/>
canvassing in every classroom by a team of 3-4 members in every department and<br/>
registrations were taken through every class representative in all the<br/>
sections. By this method we got around 1500 registrations from all the<br/>
departments. 4 days before the event help desks were put up outside every<br/>
block. We got in total 1500 registrations through help desks. Before the event we<br/>
had around 4380 registrations for 17 events. This excluded on the spot<br/>
registrations which crossed 2000.In total 6380 students attended the event. In<br/>
every member and volunteer of Amisun there was a stream of passionate hot blood<br/>
running in the veins which had the urge to made this event a success and<br/>
explore what lies beyond the limits.<o:p /></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia;">Inaugural Function:-- </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The inaugural program of the Software Freedom Week<br/>
was held at 9.30 am in the morning at C Block Auditorium. The auditorium was<br/>
full of students waiting to get their queries answered. The occasion was graced<br/>
by the presence of the following eminent guests and delegated from IT firms of<br/>
global repute:<br />Mr. Gurusaran Singh, Associate<br/>
Director, <span> </span>Tech Mahindra<o:p><br /></o:p>Col. Rahul Dev, Accounts<br/>
Director, <span> </span>Computer Associates (CA)<o:p /></span><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Mr. R.K.Chauhan, DGM-IT, <span> </span>NTPC<o:p><br />Mr. Sandeep Chauhan, Steria<o:p><o:p><br /></o:p>Mr. Panchaleswar Nayak,<span> </span>Sun Microsystems</o:p></o:p></font><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />Dr. Balwinder Shukla, <span> </span>Pro Vice Chancellor, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Amity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Dr. Ajay Rana,<span> </span>Director, Amity Universe</span></o:p></p> <br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>Along with the above<br/>
mentioned, there were Faculty Placement Coordinators from various departments<br/>
all over <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Amity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>. The program begun with a<br/>
welcome address to the guests of the day and an introduction to the Software Freedom<br/>
Day (SFD). It was followed by lamp lightening by the delegates, which signifi­es<br/>
the illumination of minds by knowledge. Bouquets and momentos were then<br/>
presented to the guests. After that all the delegates showed some light on FOSS<br/>
and enlighten the audience with their wonderful experiences.<o:p /></o:p></span></p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><b>Debugging Contest:--</b> On<br/>
this elite occasion there was a Debugging Contest for programming lovers on<br/>
23rd and 24th of September. It was a great opportunity for all programmers who<br/>
love to go through the pain of struggling through the dense forest of grey<br/>
cells in their mind and then reach to the final code. There were in all three<br/>
levels for the contest which required a lot of efforts from a participant from<br/>
theoretical basic concepts to practical programming knowledge.</o:p></span></p> <br/>
<p><img src="/nehagoel/resource/IMAGE_227.jpg" /> </p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> <br /></o:p><b>Install<br/>
Fest of FOSS:--</b> The Install fest was one of the exciting events in which the<br/>
crowd showed great interest and enthusiasm.The participants were asked to bring<br/>
their laptops with them. We were already having 100 CDs with us containing all<br/>
the Free softwares of the Open CD and some more free softwares like virtual box<br/>
added by us. We started with a brief explanation of all the softwares in the<br/>
CD. The participants were really shocked to see that these kinds of softwares<br/>
exist for free also to use freely without having a constraint of trial<br/>
version.They really liked thunderbird a lot. After having an Interactive<br/>
discussion on Free softwares and installing some of them we moved to<br/>
installation of open solaris on their laptops.</span></p> <br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p><br /><b>5<br/>
Workshops in the entire event:-- </b>There were total five workshops in the entire<br/>
event. The workshops were given by experienced engineers of Sun Microsystems<br/>
Mr. Panchaleshwar Nayak and Mr. Sudeep Mathur , Angad Singh- Sun Campus<br/>
Ambassador Tech Lead, Hemlata Jindal- Core Committee Member Amisun and one by<br/>
me. The workshops given by Panchaleshwar and Sudeep sir was intended to clear<br/>
the basic doubts about open source, advantages to an end user, how to<br/>
contribute, why to contribute. The presentation by Angad , hemlata and me was<br/>
intended to go into some details of the technology, showing some demos,<br/>
explaining the features and usage of technologies like Netbeans, Sun Spots,<br/>
Solaris operating system. In all, the workshops were highly appreciated and<br/>
enjoyed by all students.</span></p> <br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p><br /><b>Debate<br/>
Competition:-- </b>The first literary event that was conducted as a part of<br/>
Software Freedom Week was Debate Competition Many participants were<br/>
enthusiastic about this event as for the first time in the university an<br/>
technical debate in a fest was being conducted. The event was conducted for 2<br/>
and a half hour duration It was a great pleasure for the audience present in<br/>
the event as they were benefited with this debate. Things were more<br/>
comprehensible when a questionnaire was conducted at the end of the event which<br/>
lasted for half an hour. It was very difficult for the judges to announce for<br/>
the winner as every candidate had presented himself in a perceptible manner.</span></p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><img src="/nehagoel/resource/IMAGE_232.jpg" /><br /><br /></o:p><b>Face Painting:--</b> One of the most innovative events in the series of all events based<br/>
on open source. Registrations were open for all and free of cost. All the<br/>
contestants were supposed to paint on faces of their team mates. The theme of<br/>
the face painting was open source softwares. Main purpose behind such an<br/>
activity is to explore beyond the limits. Teams registered in the team of 2.<br/>
This particular event attracted all the budding artists to show their best as<br/>
well as a great number of spectators. The participants showed great enthusiasm<br/>
towards the new horizon and proved to be silver line in the dark sky of<br/>
software illiteracy.</span></p> <br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p>After<br/>
this event everyone had a different concept of SFD in all. It was no more just<br/>
technical it was also creative and full of fun. Time limit given to each team<br/>
was 30 min. After proper judgments, winners were declared according to the<br/>
relevance of painting with the given theme<o:p><br /><b><o:p /></b></o:p></span></p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><o:p> </o:p>Logo<br/>
Designing:--</b> A technical adventure with a ride through creativity of student’s<br/>
minds. The theme of this event was software freedom and open source. Response<br/>
was good. The logos were strictly complied with the given theme and time limit<br/>
of 45min for each team was given. The main crowd in this event was those<br/>
talented students who had a lot of creative junk in their mind to add more<br/>
glitter to the sparkling software freedom day.</span></p> <br/>
<p><img src="/nehagoel/resource/100_0208.jpg" /> </p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><br /></o:p><b>KBC Contest:-- </b>On the<br/>
second day of <b>Software Freedom Day </b>celebration<br/>
an event called “<b>KBC Contest</b>” was<br/>
organized with an objective of the contest was to look for the most intellect<br/>
student, who is a Computer Geek and has the<o:p> knowledge of Open Source. <b>“KBC Contest” </b>was the most exciting<br/>
event in which 800 students were present and participated with full zeal and<br/>
interest. It was a very fair game since our huge volunteer team was maintaining<br/>
discipline and order. Our contest host was brilliant on her part and kept the entire<br/>
show lively and humorous. There were in all four rounds in the contest.<o:p /></o:p></span></p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p><b>Pictionary:-- </b>Focusing on<br/>
the theme of open source, it was one of the fun events included in our 3-day<br/>
celebrations of software freedom week. The splendid event was held on 24th and<br/>
25th September from 2pm onwards. A team of maximum 3 members was allowed. There<br/>
was a very big response from our technical as well as non-technical crowd since<br/>
it was a game which had no pre requisites, no technical knowledge, and no fees<br/>
at all. The registrations were free of cost. Over 500 people were present on<br/>
both the days to participate. Game was divided into 3 levels, the first two<br/>
being the elimination rounds.</span></p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><img src="/nehagoel/resource/DSC01748.jpg" /><br /><br /></o:p><b>Lan Gaming:--</b> Computer<br/>
Gaming as of now has its dimensions extended towards reality and it forms a<br/>
major part of software section that attracts present youth. We at Amity<br/>
university conducted a LAN gaming event which was<br />heartily welcomed and enjoyed<br/>
by the students. The event was conducted on 24th and 25th of September. The<br/>
gaming event featured 5 games, namely- Counter Strike, FIFA 2008, Need for<br/>
Speed Most Wanted, Unreal Tournament and Age of Empires. Some Open Source Games<br/>
like Plane shift and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Eternal</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Lands</st1:placetype></st1:place> were also played by<br/>
the participants and were really appreciated.</span></p> <br/>
<p><img src="/nehagoel/resource/24092008762.jpg" /> </p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.75pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Article<br/>
Writing:-</b> A fantabulous break for the writers was given through our channels<br/>
via ocean of open source.<o:p><br />Article<br/>
writing was the first ever techno-literary event held in our campus. Theme of<br/>
this event was Open Source. The word limit was 1000 words and the main<br/>
criterion for selection was that it should not be cut, copy and paste from net.<br/>
It was not held on-the-spot rather the contestants were given ample time to<br/>
think about the mind-boggling theme. Online registrations and registrations at<br/>
help desks were accepted. The submission of articles were taken by 25<sup>th</sup><br/>
September 2008 by our volunteers from different help desks. We received a great<br/>
response. This provided the biggest platform ever for those who hid in the<br/>
corners of the class scribbling words at the last page of their diaries to show<br/>
their talent on the final draft.<span> </span><o:p /></o:p></span></p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p><b>Treasure<br/>
Hunt:-- </b>A 2 level gaming and mind ravishing extravaganza was held on 25th<br/>
September starting from 10 am onwards. The total registrations were so many<br/>
that we had to put a condition of first cum first serve. So the first 50 teams<br/>
were selected. Registrations were free of cost as per our software freedom week<br/>
tag line-Think Free! The theme of this event was pirates and Open source. Team<br/>
of maximum 4 members was allowed. In this wonderful game, team players had to<br/>
find hidden articles, locations or places by using a series of clues. The<br/>
contestants were given the first clue, the solving of which would lead<o:p> to<br/>
the location of the second clue and so on until a trinket or other significant object<br/>
was found by solving the final clue. The clues were related to open source<br/>
questions and mathematical puzzles. There were in total 2 rounds.</o:p></span></p> <br/>
<p><img src="/nehagoel/resource/DSC01796.jpg" /> </p> <br/>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p><b>Expressions(Talent Hunt<br/>
&amp;&amp; Rock Show):--</b> Shaking the ground with the beats of freedom was the<br/>
aim The theme was open. It was a relaxation and fun event for all the<br/>
participants and the volunteers of our software freedom week2 participants<br/>
composed a song on Software Freedom and one of them sung it in the presence of<br/>
the whole gathering. This event helped our participants and volunteers to<br/>
reboot their minds and get refueled for the upcoming events. The rock show was<br/>
held while the results got compiled. Corrosion band performed 4 songs from a<br/>
movie <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">ROCK</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">ON</st1:state></st1:place> which taught everyone to live their<br/>
dreams. At the end 4 winners were declared. The song composed on open source technologies was very much enjoyed by the audience, Its really very interesting listen it fully . You can download and listen it at :-</span></p><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/198409378ac20f46/">http://www.zshare.net/audio/198409378ac20f46/</a></font> <br/>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><br /></o:p>In all, the event was a<br/>
great learning experience for all, It was full of fun and excitement. I am very<br/>
much thankful to my college management that helped us out in every possible<br/>
manner and let this event happen on such a short notice. I would like to thanks Sun Microsystems for their support and help and all out sponsors.The success of this<br/>
event id the result of hard work of <b>Core Committee Amisun and 138<br/>
volunteers.</b></span> <font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">A pic of our team at the end of event on 25th September.&nbsp;</font></p> <br/>
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https://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/installing_applications_on_solarisINSTALLING APPLICATIONS ON SOLARISNeha Goel 2008-06-28T05:06:21+00:002008-06-28T12:06:21+00:00
<p><p>The major issue comes in any operating system is with installing applications. When ever we start working with any operating system we would like to install different applications on our system. In solaris the application installation is different. Every application comes in form of a package which contains all the necessary installation files, and directories.</p><br/>
<p>For solaris there are online repositories which contains packages providing their installation to the user like blastwave.org or sunfreeware.com. Installing any application and running it is very easy, just a few commands are required to understand.Let say i have to install a gcc package on my system</p><br/>
<p>(1) Go to any online repository, lets say www.blastwave.org</p><br/>
<p>(2) The primary requirement to get a package from here is to install a package pkg-get firs. After installing this package you can install any application with one command.</p><br/>
<p>(3) For installing pkg-get, go to the terminal and type </p><br/>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # pkgadd -d http://www.blastwave.org/pkg_get.pkg</p><br/>
<p>With this command the package pkg-get will get installed. The package will get installed in the directory /opt/csw/bin</p><br/>
<p>(4) For using the command pkg-get either you have to set your path to /opt/csw/bin or you can give the full path at the terminal</p><br/>
<p>(5) Now for installing gcc, you just need to give one command</p><br/>
<p># /opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -i gcc</p><br/>
<p>(please check the name of the package from the blastwave packages list, the name should be written correctly)</p><br/>
<p>Any application can be installed on the system by using pkg-get command. If you have installed any application like mplayer and wants to run it, you just need to do one more step</p><br/>
<p># cd /opt/csw/bin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( This should be the path where you applications gets installed)</p><br/>
<p># ./mplayer</p><br/>
<p>This is just a simple way for installing applications on the solaris system. You just need to know 2-3 commands and you can install any application on your system.&nbsp;</p><br/>
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https://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/sound_on_solarisSOUND ON SOLARISNeha Goel 2008-06-28T04:48:54+00:002008-06-28T11:49:30+00:00
<p><p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Getting sound on your system is one of the primary needs of a user after installing an operating system. For Unix systems, the sound drivers are provided by open sound system. In Unix systems everything comes in form of Packages containing installations files, directories and dependencies.If you want sound on your solaris system you just need to follow the following basic steps:-</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(1) Open the browser and go to the url <a style="color: #0058ff;" href="www.opensound.com">www.opensound.com</a></font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(2) Click on the download tab on the left hand side of the page. It is the second tab from top.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(3) Click on open sound system in the given images.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"> (4) Now it will ask you to select the operating system for which you wnat to download the package. Select the correct version and the correct processor. If you are using SXDE, you can choose Solaris10/11</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(5) Now it will take you to the download page. Click on the link given to installed the required package. </font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(6) Open the terminal and went to the location using cd where you had saved the package.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(7) #pkgadd -d &lt;name_of_package&gt;</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Now you can enjoy sound on your solaris operating system. <br /></font> </p> <br/>
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https://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/amisun_the_amity_sun_clubAMISUN- THE AMITY SUN CLUBNeha Goel 2008-06-27T23:39:29+00:002008-06-28T06:50:44+00:00
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<p><font color="#0f0f0f"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"><em><strong>AMISUN - The Amity Sun Technology&nbsp;Club&nbsp;.</strong></em> The Sun Technology&nbsp;Club at Amity was formed&nbsp;in collaboration with&nbsp;Sun Microsystems&nbsp;in the year 2007 and is on its way to be a center of excellence for advanced technolgies under the Sun Academic Initiative.</font> </font></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><font color="#0f0f0f"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;This club missionaised to enhance the already present Java culture and introduce the academia to the open source technologies such as Solaris, <a href="https://glassfish.dev.java.net/" title="">Glassfish</a>, Sparc and Portal. This club intends to spark knowledge in you all and to get the answers to queries.</font><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;</font></font></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0f0f0f">Sun Club is a complete&nbsp; faculties and student's community that aims at imparting the latest developments at Sun Microsystems and teaching students about JAVA , J2me ,Solaris etc. ,which are counted among the most powerful technologies these days.<br /><br />Sun Club will promote various projects in which students are intrested and will always be ready for welcoming new ideas and projects from the student's ends and then promoting them.<br /><br />As a part of the club, regular activities&nbsp;are organised such as Seminars ,Workshops ,Learning sessions, Programming Contests and lots of intresting events.<br /><br />So, Everyone who has a zeal of learning the new technologies of today's time is welcome here.<br /></font></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0003ff"><em>Success comes before you reach goal, for it is as simple as taking a step in the right Direction..</em></font></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0003ff"><em>IT'S YOUR TIME NOW, TO TAKE A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION</em></font></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><em><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"><font color="#0f0f0f"><strong>amity site existence</strong>:- </font></font><a href="http://www.amity.edu/placement/sun.html"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0003ff">www.amity.edu/placement/sun.html</font></a></em></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><em><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0f0f0f"><strong>google group existence:- </strong></font><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/amisun"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0003ff">http://groups.google.com/group/amisun</font></a></em></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><em><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0f0f0f"><strong>orkut existence:- </strong></font><a href="http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=39780022"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#0003ff">http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=39780022</font></a></em></p><br/>
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<p style="text-align: center"><em>Neha Goel</em></p><br/>
<p style="text-align: center"><em>Sun Campus Ambassador - Amity University</em></p><br/>
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https://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/firefox_2_and_firefox_3FIREFOX 2 AND FIREFOX 3Neha Goel 2008-06-27T22:54:52+00:002008-06-28T06:12:23+00:00
<p><p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Firefox 3 is the latest release by Mozilla. More than 20 millions of people had downloaded it yet. It is the best browser which any one can have for its system . It has lot of advantages over the previous versions of firefox like</font></p><br/>
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<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Insanely Improved performance</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Smart location Bar learns how you browse</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Places Organizer replaces the Bookmark Manager</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Streamlined &quot;Remember Password&quot; handling</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Smart bookmarks</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Native looks for every system</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Improved download manager</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Stronger phishing and malware protection</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">More intuitive interface overall</font> </li><br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Souped up Add-ons Manager</font> </li><br/>
</ul><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">There can not be any other word for a secure browser other than the Firefox 3, but still there are few things which it don’t have especially the support for different applications which a user runs on his system. The real player one minute downloader is not supported by Firefox 3. The smarty browser irritates you when you want to to go on a new location on a site, and it gives you all the old results. </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">It is for sure that with in some time<span> </span>the firefox 3 will be the best browser with full support and stability. But still till at that time some wants to shifts back to firefox 2 and some wants to enjoy Firefox 3.</font> </p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Download Firefox 2, click <b><a href="http://tools.google.com/firefox/toolbar/bundle/intl/en-GB/?ai=BLc5UztFlSO2oK4WazAWlp_n8A9Ge8heRqvb-AcWNtwEAEAEYASDW5YQEOABQm_an6Pv_____AWDJ1vqGyKOgGaABtZXI_QOyAQ5nby1maXJlZm94Lm5ldLoBCHJlZl90ZXh0yAEB2gEWaHR0cDovL2dvLWZpcmVmb3gubmV0L4ACAcACA6gDA-gDsALoA7kC&amp;gclid=CLjty6m6lpQCFQVcswodEhM4uA" target="_blank"><font color="#ff1f1f">here</font></a></b></font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Download Fireox 3, click </font><b><a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord" target="_blank"><font color="#ff1f1f">here</font></a></b></font></p><br/>
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https://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/sun_microsystems_and_amity_universitySUN MICROSYSTEMS AND AMITY UNIVERSITY JOIN HANDS TO IMPART HIGH QUALITY TECHNICAL EDUCATIONNeha Goel 2008-06-27T04:10:28+00:002008-06-27T11:32:12+00:00
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<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"> Here's a great news for all of us. Sun again has taken a great initiative for imparting technical education among students. Sun has been always taken part actively in all the ways to make students aware of the technologies and to learn them. This time Sun has Join hands with Amity University, the largest and one of the leading private university in India.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"> Sun Microsystems has entered into a partnership with Amity University to renowned curriculum to provide students access to Sun technologies. The partnership with Amity to leverage upon the company's long-standing proven expertise on Java and Solaris technologies as well as update their existing curriculum using it's extensive resource library.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">As part of this partnership, the company will set up an Authorized Sun Education Center(ASEC) at the Amity University campus in Noida. This ASEC will offer training and certification to students across the university. A faculty development program will be conducted on a continuing basis to empower the university faculty. Further, Sun Learning Services Official Course material will form part of the recognized and recommended textbooks for all Computer Science and IT courses at the university.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">This is a great initiative taken by Sun and Amity to impart high quality education among students. This collaboration will allow a numerous amount of students to access sun technologies. The initiative is part of Sun's endeavour to provide the educational institutions in the country the tools and resources they need to keep pace with technology and differentiate their academic programs by offering education in innovative technologies.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"><b>The partnership with Sun will facilitate Amity University to-</b></font></p> <br/>
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<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Impart High quality education on Java and Solaris technologies</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Access to world-wide curriculum on Sun's technologies</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Learning path that is developed with industry-recognized certification</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Curriculum that reflects the needs of the industry</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Train-the-trainer programs for the faculty will help ensure that Amity's faculty are trained on the latest technology.</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Enhanced visibility for the university on a global scale and enhanced placement and job opportunities</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Skilled and trained students&nbsp;</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Opportunity to leverage on Sun's relationship with partners</font></li> <br/>
<li><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">Access to Sun's certification solutions</font></li> <br/>
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<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">“As the largest private university in India, the Amity University plays<br/>
a pivotal role in the national economic development. Our association<br/>
with industry leaders over the years has helped us to provide<br/>
state-of-the-art curriculum to the students to help them master new<br/>
skills and develop themselves as per the needs of the industry. Sun<br/>
training programs and certifications provide IT professionals with<br/>
industry-recognized credentials that demonstrate competency through the<br/>
assessment and validation of skill sets for specific job roles. This in<br/>
turn enables job placement and career advancement in the highly<br/>
competitive technology marketplace. Our collaborative relationship with<br/>
Sun will help us to offer learning from the source to students,<br/>
supported by globally recognized and certified learning paths. A</p>
<p>well-planned and executed partnership with the company will help<br/>
support our plans in all spheres, technologically and academically,”<br/>
said Dr. Ajay Rana, Director, Amity Technical Placement Centre.</font></p> <br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">As a Sun Campus Ambassador of Amity University, I would like to congratulate all the authorities whose great efforts are the only cause for such a wonderful and beneficial collaboration. Hoping for great future with this collaboration. </font></p> <br/>
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<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"><img src="http://picasaweb.google.com/neha2talk/Sound_on_solaris/photo?authkey=TKrsnPtz4qE#5216509932388662034" /></font> </p></p>
https://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/how_to_use_secondlife_inHOW TO USE SECONDLIFE IN SOLARISNeha Goel 2008-06-25T00:24:34+00:002008-06-28T06:23:49+00:00
<p><p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">As you all know Second Life is the most upcoming thing in present scenario. It is a virtual 3-D world created by its residents. From the time it was invented, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of residents. And you know what is great about it that its membership is totally free means that you can have a virtual world of entertainment, intelligence, experiences and opportunity. Just look at the way it is benefiting its users. All benefits at no cost. Its cool na. To know more about second life, visit <a href="http://secondlife.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#1012ff"><strong>http://secondlife.com/</strong></font></a> </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(1) To be a part of Second life you have to first go for its membership, where first you need to select your second life community, <a href="https://secure-web4.secondlife.com/join/" target="_blank"><font color="#0003ff"><strong>https://secure-web4.secondlife.com/join/</strong></font></a><strong> </strong></font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(2) After that you need to enter your second life name. Be careful while selecting as it can't be changed afterwards, then you have to give your birth date and then your e-mail address. </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(3) After that you have to download the software for second life and install it on your system. Depending upon your operating system there are downloads given like for Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac systems, linux. <font color="#0003ff"><strong><a href="http://www.secondlife.com/community/downloads.php">http://www.secondlife.com/community/downloads.php</a> </strong></font></font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(4) The software of secondlife for solaris is not given there. You can get it from here, <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/141741526b8ae3f7/" target="_blank"><font color="#0003ff"><strong>http://www.zshare.net/download/141741526b8ae3f7/</strong></font></a> (this package works fine with x86 systems, no idea of sparc with this package) </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(5) Download the package and save it to any location you want to. </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(6) For all the operating systems other than solaris the way to install is given on secondlife page. For solaris, </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a) open the terminal </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b) go to the location where you had saved the tar ball&nbsp; </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) bash-3.00# gunzip s.pkg.tar.gz </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d) bash-3.00# tar -xvf s.pkg.tar </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) bash-3.00# pkgadd -d s.pkg&nbsp;</font><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) check the installation directory.In most of the cases it is opt.</font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (e) bash-3.00# cd /opt/secondlife/bin </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) bash-3.00# ./secondlife wait for some time.it will take time to load</font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(7) A welcome screen will appear now, where you have to enter your second life name and then the password. For getting your password you have to check your mail ID. Your second life name and password will be there only. </font></p><br/>
<p><font face="courier new,courier,monospace">(8) After that you have to accept terms and conditions and now you can enjoy the second life...... </font></p></p>
https://blogs.oracle.com/nehagoel/entry/what_is_open_sourceWHAT IS OPEN SOURCENeha Goel 2007-11-01T12:20:51+00:002008-06-27T11:40:50+00:00
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Hey,</p>
<p>WANT TO WORK ON YOUR SYSTEM WITH YOUR REQUIREMENTS FULFILLED. WHY TO DEPEND ON ENGINEERS TO MODIFY THE SOFTWARES ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS. THE NEEDS ARE ENDLESS. SO MOVE TO OPEN SOURCE, MODIFY THE CODE YOURSELF AND DO EVERYTHING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. </p>
<p>Most of us have confusion about what is open source? when we all heared about it first time, we all think like why should i go for learning or participating open source technologies. what are these?</p>
<p>There are two types of software products which we all used: one is the open source softwares and other are the proprietary software produts. </p>
<p><b><u>PROPRIETARY SOFTWARES:</u></b></p>
<p>These are the softwares which are presently used by all of us like Microsoft Windows, RealPlayer, iTunes, Adobe Photoshop, WinZip and some versions of UNIX.</p>
<p>These are known as non-free software or closed-source software </p>
<p>Software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor</p>
<p>These restrictions are sought by either legal or technical means and sometimes both. Technical means include releasing machine-readable binaries to users and withholding the human-readable source code. Legal means can involve software licensing, copyright, and patent law</p>
<p>These does'nt provide their source code to the user.</p>
<p>They can refer to a software utility that solves a general problem but was developed as part of a non-free application. This utility is thus not available as a separate unit nor is it free <br/>
we need to purchase the whole package to use it</p>
<p><u><b>OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES:</b></u></p>
<p>In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. </p>
<p>Open source software is usually developed as a public collaboration and made freely available.</p>
<p>This is a less-confusing name for what is also called 'Free Software'. It describes the development method used for many pieces of software, including the Linux kernel, where the source is freely available for anyone to work on, or modify, or learn from, or use in other projects.</p>
<p>When the source code of a computer program is made available free of charge to the general public, it's known as open source. The basis of open source software is to produce more useful and bug-free products for everyone to use. </p>
<p>Open source licenses include the GNU General Public License. Popular open-source software includes: Apache, PHP, Mozilla Firebird and the Linux kernel.</p>
<p>Software that has the source code used to build it available for everyone to view, enabling other people to modify the code if necessary.</p>
<p>Anyone can use and alter the software code to their requirements under a general public licence without a fee. ...</p>
<p>Because anyone can modify the source code, bug fixes, improvements or implementation of new specific features occur rapidly.</p>
<p>Making the raw, non-compiled code behind a program available to the public for other programers to analyze, modify, and improve.</p>
<p>Freely distributable and modifiable software to which the source code (or uncompiled software) is available.</p>
<p>HEY SO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, WANTS TO WORK ACCORDING TO YOUR WISHES, THEN START LEARNING AND PARTICIPATING</p>
<p>AND HERE'S A CHANCE FOR YOU TO LEARN AND TO PARTICIPATE</p>
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<p>DON'T MISS IT...</p>
<p>GO FOR IT.... AND THEN WATCH YOURSELF WHERE U REACH....</p>
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